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| Birthday May 15, 1856 L. Frank Baum, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) |
| Birthday May 15, 1859 Pierre Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1903) |
| Birthday May 15, 1860 Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson |
| Birthday May 15, 1862 Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian playwright, novelist |
| Birthday May 15, 1890 Katherine Anne Porter is born |
| Birthday May 15, 1890 Katherine Anne Porter, U.S. novelist (Ship of Fools) |
| Birthday May 15, 1891 Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian playwright, novelist, short-story writer |
| Birthday May 15, 1902 Richard Daley, (D), former mayor of Chicago |
| Birthday May 15, 1905 Joseph Cotten |
| Birthday May 15, 1909 James Mason, Actor (Lolita) |
| Birthday May 15, 1910 Constance Cummings |
| Birthday May 15, 1918 Eddy Arnold, Country singer |
| Birthday May 15, 1918 Joseph Wiseman, Actor |
| Birthday May 15, 1919 Wladziu Valentino Liberace, pianist |
| Birthday May 15, 1923 Richard Avedon |
| Birthday May 15, 1924 Ursula Theiss |
| Birthday May 15, 1926 Anthony Shaffer / Peter Shaffer, twin brothers Playwrights |
| Birthday May 15, 1936 Anna Marie Alberghetti, Actress, Italy |
| Birthday May 15, 1936 Paul Zindel, Playwright |
| Birthday May 15, 1937 Trini Lopez, singer |
| Birthday May 15, 1942 Lainie Kazan, Bkln, Singer/Actress |
| Birthday May 15, 1948 Brian Eno, singer |
| Birthday May 15, 1953 George Brett, KC Royals |
| Birthday May 15, 1955 Lee Horsley, Actor |
| History May 15, 1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Batholomew Gosnold |
| History May 15, 1618 Johannes Kepler discovers his harmonics law |
| History May 15, 1753 Whitsunday Term Day |
| History May 15, 1756 The Seven Years War begins |
| History May 15, 1781 Continentals capture Fort Granby, South Carolina |
| History May 15, 1800 President John Adams orders federal government to Washington, D.C. |
| History May 15, 1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse |
| History May 15, 1856 Second vigilante committee organizes in San Francisco |
| History May 15, 1856 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized |
| History May 15, 1864 VMI cadets fight in Battle of New Market |
| History May 15, 1886 American poet Emily Dickinson died |
| History May 15, 1896 Tornado decimates Texas town |
| History May 15, 1911 Sup Court dissolves Standard Oil violates Sherman Antitrust Act |
| History May 15, 1916 Austrians launch massive offensive on Trentino Front |
| History May 15, 1918 US Airmail service begins (Wash DC - Philadelphia & NY) |
| History May 15, 1930 Ellen Church 1st airline stewardess United flight SF to Cheyenne |
| History May 15, 1934 Dept of Justice offers $25 -000 reward for Dillinger - dead or alive |
| History May 15, 1940 1st nylon stockings sold in US |
| History May 15, 1941 First Allied jet flies |
| History May 15, 1941 Yanks win 13-1 Joe DiMaggio starts 56 game hitting streak |
| History May 15, 1942 Legislation creating the Women's Army Corps becomes law |
| History May 15, 1942 Seventeen states put gasoline rationing into effect |
| History May 15, 1942 Ronald Reagan applies for transfer to Army Air Force |
| History May 15, 1957 18 -000 people at Madison Sq Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade |
| History May 15, 1958 USSR launched Sputnik III |
| History May 15, 1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7 - end US Project Mercury |
| History May 15, 1963 The flight of Faith 7 |
| History May 15, 1967 U.S. positions south of the DMZ come under heavy fire |
| History May 15, 1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigned from Supreme Court |
| History May 15, 1970 Air Force sergeant awarded Medal of Honor |
| History May 15, 1972 Governor George Wallace shot |
| History May 15, 1972 George C Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer |
| History May 15, 1972 Ryukyu Islands returned to Japan after 27 years of US control |
| History May 15, 1973 Nolan Ryan pitches first no-hitter |
| History May 15, 1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game - Yanks beat Mets 9-4 |
| History May 15, 1976 A young woman and her married lover kill her family |
| History May 15, 1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs |
| History May 15, 1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 |
| History May 15, 1981 Leonard Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto |
| History May 15, 1982 Ebony And Ivory begins a seven-week run at #1 on the pop charts |
| History May 15, 1988 Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| History May 15, 2008 Celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano found guilty |